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ILLINOIS **•& * '"U "' • lorn, Jr., g| a private bank of this city, which w Hosed In December, 1914, following the X' ieath of Henry Horn, Sr., sole owner amd founder, with deposits of approximately $400,000 nnd a loss of 00 per '4B£nt to its creditors, lias returned here Ifter an absence of niije years. Indictments charging embezzlement were retarded against; liim, but he was never apprehended. Attorneys arranged for him to surrender and give bond which . pas accepted. » C Pana.--Virginia Holben, twelve, |(|i tighter of Willis Holben of Edinburg, Won the Christian county grade school felling match when she spelled 125 wonls without an error. She will rep- Desent Christian at a state match at 8pringfield December 26. Carrol Barnes, fourteen, of Mount Auburn •eliool, was second. Robinson.--Twelve federal prohibl- ' Hon enforcement officers and United 8t«tes marshals, under the supervision of Group Chief Charles W. Vursell of Bast St. Louis, armed with 35 bench and search warrants, swooped down on ^Crawford county In one of the most prehensive cleanup campaigns er conducted in Illinois. Robinson.--Charles Jones of Robinlion, state's attorney, charged with violating the Volstead act, asserted that the affidavit sworn to by Henry Fant, negro and confessed bootlegger, which accused Jones of receiving protection money, was obtained after the •fegro was intimidated by Ku Klux Klan members. Springfield.--Uncompleted litigation t| the prosecution of interest suits against Governor Small and other former state treasurers, and its threatened dismissal, induced Attorney General Bdward J. Brundage to become a candidate for renominatlon, ne declared In a statement issued recently. Springfield.--Completing its equalisation of property in 99 counties in the state for 1923 tax purposes, the Illinois state tax commission announced that abstracts of assessment in these counties show a decrease in the valuation of lands of $105,894,378, or 10.6 per cent under the valuation of 1922. - Carlinville.--Maj. J. C. Barclay, now living in Carlinville, is said to be the list surviving member of the United States Zouave cadets, a drill company Ihat won fame before the Civil war Hecause of Its efficiency in drill. Durthg the war it was expanded into a regiment. Carbondale.--Mrs. 3. H. Harmes, wife of a local insurance man,, reported to police that she was gagged, beaten and robbed of $1,800 by three men as she alighted from her automobile. The bandits did not use a weapon. She Bald the money represented insurance collections. Danville.--Frank Kamlnsky of Westrllle, was given an indeterminate sentence in the state prison at Chester by Judge Hartlow and fined $500 for being found in possession of a still. This was his second appearance in court on * charge of violating the liquor laws. Sterling.--David R. Llewellyn, ninety- five, who arrived in Sterling in 1856 on the first railroad train that entered the city died at his home. He Was a building contractor for many rears. Springfield.--Road lettings set for December 21 were indefinitely postponed when the state division of highways rejected bids on approximately 1,000,000 barrels of cement made by tight cenjent companies. Galesburg. -- Congregational ministers of Illinois will meet in their annual convocation for 1924 at Knox college, here, the first week of January, according to the program outlined by church officials. Lacon.--Commercial production of . silver fox furs has been started on a farm-near Lacon by Charles Hendricks and C. P. DeGuibert, who have purchased a dozen foxes from a farm in Michigan. The animals cost $730 eaeh. Beardstown.--Farmers interested in obtaining higher rural water levels have organized to "make Chicago pay." They will have a delegation at con ?ress when the waterway discussions take place. Pana.--A winter crop of dandelions ' lias appeared in the yard of Charles Downs. They are as thick as last sea son's growth with golden heads in full 3loom. Tuscola.--A decrease of 10.28 per lent In valuations of farm lands In III! aois is shown tills year, according to the board of review. Bloomington.--Trampled by a frightened team of horses, Albert Swartzentraub, farmer, was killed at Washington. Springfield.--Governor Small has declared a quarantine on hay which has been stored In weevil-infested districts of seven Western states. Galesburg.--Bandits are believed to have been responsible for the burning of an entire business block in Smith . shire, west of here. Springfield. -- Seventy-five " county (arm bureau representatives from all T' parts of the state crowded into the small rooms of the Illinois state tax commission to request equalization of taxes on farm and city property ag<L.ur >J pregeut evidence of allegea inequalities within individual counties. Rockford.--Ten thousand dollars for the life of a three-year-old boy is demanded in a suit against the Rockford Gas Light- ft Coke company by the parents of Philip Vella. The child was burned when he took a lantern from an excavation for a gas pipe. Chicago.--Louis W. Ropes, fiftyeight, Who for six years had charge of the money order and stamp funds at the post office substation at 6236 South Halsted street, confessed before United States Commissioner James R. Glass to embezzling $1,100 of the'government funds. Pana.--Mr*. Charles Coillns~of Klncaid, through efforts of Christian county chapter of the American Red Cross, bas located her son, William Humphrey by former marriage, now twenty-one, who was Kidnaped by her former husband, when but two years old. Watsefca.--Sheriff B. A. Stewart Iroquois county has been nuiued In suit for $10,000 damages Hied by Arthur Gngnon of Aslikum. It is alleged that the sheriff, with three deputies, armed with a search warrant, ransacked tbS home of the complainant seeking into*- Icatlng liquor, but without success, lie alleges that his wife and three children were held under ftocf (hiring the search and that the former from nervous shock. Pana.--William W. Morrison, aged Pana retired philanthropist, who died suddenly at Rockport, while to California, left under provision of his will filed recently $20,000 to the Chadwick Boys' school at Quincy; $1,- 000 to the Illinois Woman's college, Jacksonville, and provision^ for maintenance of n missionary and a licensed physician at Umtalia, Rhodesia, Africa, for all time by the trust fund. Lena.--Jacob Schelss and nine other residents of Stephenson county are made defendants in a suit filed by John An man in Circuit court in which damages in the sum of $10,000 are asked. Auman charges the defendants with having attacked him and caused him to be arraigned in court, accused of bootlegging and other offenses, which Charges were found to be groundless. Springfield.--Only $150,000 remains of the last $15,000,000 obtained by the second sale of Illinois soldiers' bonns bonds. It was announced. The sale of the next block of bonds will not be made until' next year. State Auditor Russel made further announcement that clalmB being sent to the treasurer for payment are around the number 135,499. Springfield.--Pneumonia Is caused by germs and can be prevented In many instances, says the state health commissioner at Springfield. Plenty of fresh air, sunshine, food, sleep and exercise on the qne hand and avoiding "coughers," "spitters," "sneezers" and hot, crowded rooms on the other will help a lot In avoiding this dangerous disease. Mount Vernon.--Capt. John A. Wall, eighty-seven, veteran of the Civil war and the Nestor of Mount Vernon newspaper men, is dead. Captain Wall, in his active days, • published papers at Salem, Pinekneyville, Marlon, Carbondale, Cairo, -Coulterviile, Benton and Mount Vernon, 111., and at Cape Giraddeau, Mo. McLeansboro.--Just before the dedication of the new Christian church building here, while donations were being solicited, six Klansmen In full regalia marched into the church and presented the presiding minister, Rev. H. H. Peters, with $150. The donation was accepted amid a big applause by the congregation. Edwardsville.--Lore was the cause for excusing George Buengar of Chouteau Island, from jury service. Doubt was expressed over Buenger's ability to give calm and deliberate consideration to the evidence because of being in love. He was excused to get married. Edwardsville.--Madison county farmers have opened war on rats, mice, and insects which have been doing considerable damage to stored grain. A contests has been organized between 44 families, 22 on each side, the winners to be entertained by the losing sides. Rockford.--Despondent because of ill health, Clarence E. Halley shot himself to death. He had never entirely recovered from an attack of Influenza and pneumonia experienced overseas In the Three Hundred Fortysecond Ambulance corps. Chicago.--A call for a state advisory convention to be held at Springfield January 18 was issued by the Democratic state central committee. The purpose of the meeting will be to select a complete slate*to be supported by the regulars in the April primaries. Springfield.--Richard M. Sullivan of* Springfield, who was killed In the train wreck at Forsythe, Pa., had long been recognized as a Republican leader in Sangamon county and was prominent in Republican circles of Illinois. Rockford.--Savings at Rockford this ear are $190 per capita, a total of $12,333,200. This Includes 50,000 savings accounts. The bank savings In Rockford have been doubled in eight years. Cairo.--A 500-gallon still, said to be the largest ever confiscated in southern Illinois, was taken after firemen discovered it In a building In the business district of Cairo which had caught fire from an undetermined cause. Galesburg.--Frietfds of Frank Scott of G^rlaw, near here, claim he holds the record for corn-husking in the Galesburg Section of the state. They assert Scott averaged 150 bushels a day for several weeks. Champaign.--An overheated stove caused a tire which practically destroyed the Y. M. C. A. building at the University of Illinois. Springfield.--Portions of a 108-mile road have been allotted to 12 counties, it was announced by, t^e state highway department---' Chicago.--It is said that there are 17,000 negroes now out of employment In this city. Springfield.--Civil suits against Governor Small and Verne Curtis will be transferred to Chicago for. hearing. Waukegan.--Homer Cooke, thought to have been the oldest practicing law yerIn the United States, a close friend of Presidents Lincoln and Roosevelt, died at his home following a week's ill hess. Although nearly ninety-four years old, he had practiced In the Lake County Circuit court up to a week previous to his death. J CONeffiSSBETS MELON'S BILL Secretary Sends Full Data to to Speed Up Its (Rep., Ia.) Secretary ' Representative Green the house committee, the text 3t his proposed complete revision of revenue law, including the tax by President Coolidge, and scores of proposed changes in the administration of federal tax collection. Here is a summary of the ijX>re Important changes in the law proposed by Mr. Mellon: Earned income, defined as wages, salaries, and professional fees* is given a credit of 25 per cent of the amount of the tax attributable to the earned income. The normal tax on the first $£000 of set income Is fixed at 3 per cent the remainder of the net Income at 3 per cent. The surtax rates begin at 1 per cent on net income from $10,000/to $12,000; an additional 1 per cent <br each $2,- XX) of net Income up to $36,000; then 1 per cent additional for the next M.000 of net ^income up to $40,000; and then 1 per cent additional for jach $6^)00 of net income up to a total of 26 per cent at $100,000 and >ver. Capital assets are defined as proparty held by the taxpayer for profit or investment for more than two years. Upon the sale of capital assets the tax on the gain from the sale is limited to 12 % per cent of the gain, and the amount by which the tax is reduced on account of such a loss is limited to 12V6 per cent of the loss. The taxjayer. is permitted to take as a deduction from his gross income in determining his taxable income interest on indebtedness and losses of a nonbusiness character only to the extent that the sum of these two items ixeeeds his wholly tax-exempt Interest. In community property states where the husband and wife have a joint ln- :erest in certain property of either acjuired after marriage, the income from :hi8 property is taxed to the spouse laving control of the property. The principle contained in the 1918 revenue act, that liquidating dividends constitute a sale of the stock instead )f a distribution of earnings, has been restored. This puts liquidating divilends within the capital gain section >f the act and recognises the rfeal effect .of such dividends. > . _ Xt.-i fe KILLED 3, SHOT 9 Machine Gun Conquers Negro Outlaw in the Canetorakes in Mississippi. Lawrence, Laborite, i one of the women elected to par ment the other day. She defeated for WANTS RUHR PARLEY Germany Demands Showdown From France on Intentions. Berlin.--Germany is about to ask France to lay her cards on the table and name the conditions for a reparations settlement, and to especially state definitely what she Intends to do with the Rhineland and Ruhr. Foreign Minister Stresemann revealed his intention confidentially in a conference with the German press. Stresemann said he will ask Premier Poincare point blank whether be intends to keep the Ruhr and Rhineland permanently or only as pawns, and whether the committee of the reparations commission, to which America agreed to send unofficial representatives, shall Investigate the ability to pay of Germany, Including the Rhineland and Ruhr or of a rump Germany without the occupied regions. The aim of this step is to start direct negotiations between Berlin and Paris coincident with the investigation through the reparations commission. Stresemann believes France is not averse to such negotiations In view of the statements in the French press that Germany should make a new reparations offer and appoint a new ambassador to France. BUCK SLEW WHITE puuna Drew, Miss.--Mortally wounded by 20 machine gun bullets, Joe Pullen, negro, who for more than seven hours held a posse,of several hundred men at bay, was captured. He died soon after he bad been brought here and was lying In the main street with approximately 150 persons, most of them members of the posse, gathered about him. ^ Three white men are dead and nine wounded as the,result of the negro's outbreak. The trouble started when Pullen shot and killed W. Sanders, a planter, who went to the Pullen cabin on a business errand. R. L. Met h even was shot to death as he approached a ditch to which fallen had taken refuge. A man named Hess, a member of a sheriff's posse, also was killed there. After killing Sanders, Pullen ran to his home, obtained a shotgun and a supply of ammunition, and took to the canebrake. He was clos^# pursued by posses totaling more than 1,000 men and several battles resulted, during which eight white men were wounded." Aftetr waging battle with the negro several hours without success, the posse obtained a machine gun in Clarksdale and besieged the negro in a deep ditch in the canebrake where he was surrounded. A party of six men mounted the machine gun on the bank of the drainage ditch and for an hour or more poured Btream of lead into the section where the negro had taken refuge. It was during this fight that the twelfth victim of the battle fell. He was J. L. "Bud" Doggett, a member of the machine gun squad. A bullet from the negro's pistol pierced Doggett's left side in the region *he heart Premier Poincare Rejects Idea of World Parley Paris.--Premier Poincare, in reply :o Berlin's maneuver for a general discussion of reparations and other issues vith a German representative present, latly rejected the suggestion of an nternatlonal conference. Having obailned the assent of the Belgian government to this policy, the French prenier virtually told Germany that inough organizations already exist to work order out of Europe's chaos, if jlermany really intends to meet her >bllgations and will collaborate in its >wn salvation. of Girl Detective Posing as Bootlegger Traps Richmopd, Cal.--The downfall more than 100 bootleggers operating in Richmond can be traced to the cleverness of Delta Halverson, twentytwo- year-old girl detective. Miss Halverson's methods were revealed when she was caller to testify against John Casey. The girl said that she and a fellow operative, Frank'Orsella, had gained the confidence of the Illicit liquor dealers by operating a bootlegging establishment in the city. Leviathan to Be Laid Up for Winter; S€k Travel Too Slack Kew York.--The Leviathan will lock at Pier No. 4, Hoboken, next Fri^ lay, according to announcement by shipping board officials. The ship, vhich has not docked at Hoboken since aken over by the shipping board after he war, will be laid up until March or ^pril, the officials said, because win- :er ocean traffic would not justify seeping the great ship In service. The Leviathan will get a general overaauling by experts from the New York navy yard. r Gain of Million Members Noted by Church Body Columbus, O.--A gain of 1,000,000 In church members the last year was reported at the meeting of the executive committee of the federal council of the Churches of Christ In America, which began here. The committee numbers 150 church leaders, repreeentlng 29 Protestant denominations, With an adult membership of 20,000,- 000 and a constituency of 50,000,000. President Coolidge Opens 0efl Doors for War Prisoners Washington.--The plea for amnesty which has been presented repeatedly to three national administrations was granted finally by President Coolidge in commuting the sentences of all regaining Imprisoned violators of war taws. The action of the President will t>riug about the release before Christmas of 31 men now serving sentences in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for violation of the espionage act U. S. Troops/Help Put JOut MOO.OClO" Blaze Charlotte, N. C.--Damage estimated at $800,000 was done here by a fire In the East Trade street mercantile se4 Hon. Company F, One Hundred and Twentieth. Infantry, was mobilised, to Assist in fighting the fire. Brazil Signs Peace Pact Rio Janeiro.--Newspaper dispatches from Porto Alegre report the signing at Bage of a peace agreement between the revolutionaries in ftlo Grande do Sul and the state author ities. U. S. Padlocks Aurora Brewery; Spills $90,000 Worth/<#Beer Aurora\Ill.--Federal officers emptied $90,000 w(»r~W^jL»f reui freer from tnt vats of the Aurora Ice and Products company, formerly the Aurora brewery, Into the Fox river. Five big vatfc were emptied and in all 2,000 barrels, valued at $45 a barrel, "bootleg" prlces: was destroyed. Prohibition agents charge that until the brewery was closed under «n injunction several weeks ago it furnished a large dally supply to Chicago's saloons. They placed padlocks and government seals on the doors, in compliance wltb J) recent federal InjunctfeB closing the plant for one year. . ; . Soldiers' Bonus Bill Wanted by Vets Again Introduced Washington.--The soldiers' bonus bill in the form In which It will be urged by veterans' organizations wai introduced in the house by Representative Mackenzie (Rep., III.) and referred to the ways and means committee. The bill Is substantially the same as vetoed by the late President Harding. Minor changes are made t« perfect the language. Senate to Hold Treaties Until Mexico Behaves Washington. -- Ratification of th< treaties with Mexico now pending before the senate will be delayed until the revolt now in progress reaches some conclusion, according to statements of members of the aenatfe tue> elgn relations committee. U. S. Loves Its Tea; Buys 96 Million Pounds More Washington.--Tea imported into the United States during the fiscal year ended Jane 80 totaled 96,267,020 .pounds over the year ^receding. - Two Army Airmen Killed. Santa Monica, Cal.--William D. Fowler, twenty-six, and Harvey Lightfoot, twenty-seven, air reserve lieutenant and sergeant, respectively, were killed when the plane In wtilch they jfiylng crashed to earth Rockford.--Eighty boys of the First Presbyterian congregation have pledged themselves to supply 11,500 bricks, at | a cost of $33 a thousand, for an addition to the church, to be erected next year. Mount Vernon.--The tenth annual Older Boys' Conference cf Illinois, under the auspices of the State Association of Young Men's Christian Associations of Illinois, held a three days' meeting, About 400 boys, less than twentyone years old, and a score of ministers, Isymen and Y. M. C. A. workers attended. Rock Island.--AS a result of five deaths from diphtheria the Rock Island board of health has ordered the second and third grades in the Grant and Longfellow school* dssed --tH aftei Christmas. Rail Cash In Brotherhood Bank, ? Cincinnati, O.--The first mall check deposited In the new Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National bank, which opened Its doors here was from th«i Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company, and was for $50,000. 1>': Crash Kills Four 8tutfenta. Boulder, Col.--Four were killed and three Injured wnen an automobile crashed Into a bobsled loaded with University of Colorado students which was speeding over a slippery road, booked on behind another automobile. "Four Men Are Drowned. I - •teksburg. Miss.--Fear men, mi white and three negroes, were drowned when a small skiff In which tney were attempting to reach the shor^ capsieed .ln Lake Oentennla durteg « SQualL Ship Wrecked on Rock#: Marshfield, Ore.--The steamer <5. A. Smith, loaded with 1.500,000 feet of lumber, struck on a submerged rock at the entrance to Coos bay harbor and will be a total loss. Eight of the qrejv were lost. ^ ' ; Vote to Call Off 8trike. Scran ton. Pa.--The 17,000 anthm* cite mine workers employed by the Lehigh Valley Coal company in the Mooslc-Pittst^n district, who b«ve been on strike for a week voted to return to work. City Looted by 4.000 Bandits Shanghai.--Three thousand' bandits under the leadership of the notorious chieftains, Chen Yenteh and Wang San-ling, captured the town of Chali* Wednesday, burning and Ipotlng the bouses and carrying off the magistrate. John BuH Makes Another ~ Payment to Un6fe New York.--Payment of the second semi-annual installment of interest on the British government's war debt to the United States and the first payment on account of principal since tne debt agreement was signed was made here in Liberty bonds. The total involved Is $92,000,000, of which $08,- 000,000 is interest payment and $23,- 000,000 represents principal. It is estimated that by paying in Liberty bonds rather than cash the Bfttish government has saved approximately $1,800,000, since all bonds have been purchased at a discount of more than a point. Coolidge Will Not Blook C * Bonus to Speed Tax Laws Washington. -- President Coolidge will not attempt to stand in the way of early enactment by congress of a soldiers' bonus bill. The President, it was made clear, has no intention of attempting to dictate to congress regarding its procedure In the consideration of tax revision. While he Is against the bonus and for the Mellon tax-reduction program, Mr. Coolidge Insists that congress must be permitted to exercise Its own Judgment, and White House spokesman declared that the President will be satisfied with any plan which will expedite consideration of tax reductleaw 1- €ighty-five Die as Quaks 1 Rocks Many Colombia Cities Bogota, Colombia.--\Iany persons have been killed and a large number injured by an earthquake which destroyed two small towns In the region of Iplales, near the Colombtan-EcuadOTlan frontier. Eighty-five dead have been recovered from the ruins of Cumbal, which, with the town of Chile, suffered most severely from the effects of the shocks, According to reports thus far received. xT Denial of "Virgin Birth" Starts War In the EpiscopaT ^M Church. •. MODERNIST RECTORS i i Rev. John Ferguson, general secretary of the Lord's Hay alliance^ who with his followers, Is making an effort to have theaters throughout the country closed on Sunday. He claims that the "commercialized day of rest" keeps thousands away from Bible classes, churches and Sunday, schools. U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week ending Dec. 16 --FRUITS AND VEGETABLES --Sacked round white potatoes, S1.00O 1.15; bulk utock, |1.30@1.40 in Chicago. Midwestern Jonathan apples, IB.000 6.50 in midwstern markets. Midwestern yellow' onions, $2.S0@3.00 sacked per 100 lbs. consuming centers. Danish type cabbage, $21.00^24.00 bulk per ton in Chicago, $25.00@35.00 mOBt other piarkets, steady at shipping points at $19.00, $21.00 t. o. b. Tennessee Nancy Hall sweet potatoes, in Chicago. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, $7.25 for the top and $6.80^7.00 for the bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.75 @11.60; butcher cows and heifers, $3.23^11.50; feeder steers, $4.00@8.00; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.00@10.25. Fat lambs, $10.75@18.00; feeding lambs, $11.00@12.50; yearlings, $8.25@ 11.00; fat ewes, $4.50@7.50. RY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score, 3c Chisago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 22%c; double daisies, 2S%c; single daisies, 23Vic; longhorns, 23ttc; square prints, 2S\c. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.12 @1.22 Minneapolis; No. S hard winter wheat, $1.10® 1.11 Chicago, $1.05@1.19 Kansas City, »1.13@1.14V4 St. Louis; NO. 2 yellow corn, 73%@7SMtO Chicago; No. S yettbv corn, 74©76c St Louis; No. 3 white oats, 44c Chicago, 45c St. bouts. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $24.50 Cincinnati, $27.00 Chicago, $28.50 St. Louis. $18.00 Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa, $28.00 Chicago, $23.00 Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie. $20.00 Chicago, 119.60 4t. Lau4a, $18.50 Minneapolis. Youngest Presbyterian Mfrfastir. Nashville, Tenn. -- Milton Elmer Wright, eighteen, a high school cadet, was made regular pastor of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian cnurch, the youngest minister in the history of that denomination. Admiral J. C. Watson Diss. Washington.--Rear Admiral John Crittenden Watson, eighty-one, retired, who served under Farragut in the < Civil war and who was commander in chief of the eastern squadron In the war with Spain, died here. Federals Defeat Mexican Rebels. -Juare*.--Official reports say Ohregon forces defeated Estrada at Ocotlun. rebel cuptaln with 160 men and 125,000 pesos ($60,000) deserted Estrada during the fighting and joined with the federals. .. Refuses $520,334 fer Paintings. Philadelphia.--Prince Felix YousoupofTs offer of $520,334 for the return <>! the two Rembrandt paintings was refused by representatives of Joseph E Widener, millionaire JUS «o41ecfec •* Philadelphia. / Bloc Gives "Old Guard" Shock in the Senate Washington.--The senate deadlock over the election of a chairman of the interstate commerce committee almost ended in the election of a Democrat, Senator Smith of 8outh Carolina. Smith lacked one vote to be elected. He led Cummins on all three ballots. It was the vote of Senator William Cabell Bruce (Dem.) of Maryland which prevented the extraordinary situation of having a Democratic chairman of a Republican committee; Senator Lodge Favors WorW Court If Made Independent Washington.--Senator Henry CaBot Lodge (Rep., Mass.), majority leader of the senate and prominent advocate of the nomination of President Coolidge to succeed himself, has declared against American entry into the World court unless that tribunal be absolutely divorced from the League of Nations. Radio Will Carry Voice of the Pope io the Whole World Rome.--Only a fcew months will elapse before Pope Pius XI will be able to preach to the countless millions of Catholics throughout the world. A' powerful wireless transmitter will be established in the Vatican, through which the living voice of the pope may be beard in the xetaotost corners of the earth. > • • •>»> • V.-i • • • . | Coolidge Approves Private Charity to Aid Germany Washington. -- President Coolidge, through Senator Lenroot (Rep., Wis.) announced that the administration approves and desires to encourage to the utmost private charity for the relief k>f the people of Germany, Snoopers at War on Ruin Row Finds Allies in Gates Highlands, N- J.--Icy gakes kicked up such seas along the Jersey coast Friday that all but seven of the Cnrlstmas rum squadron of 20 vessels weighed anchor <tuid withdrew !* tfcs open sea. - 1 1 1 . 11!" . . ' New Home for Governor. Belfast.--The Ulster government has purchased Hillsborough castle, County Down, as an official residence for the governor general, the duke of Abercorn, whose seat, Baron's court, is too remote from Belfast Breaks Cement •Trust.'* , New York.--The Cement Manufacturers' Protective assooiatipn, which la said to have spent $1,000,000 yearly in exchanging statistics on production and use of cement, was dissolved in a decree signed by Federal Judge Kn^, Ford Petition Faila. • tjMttlng. Mich.--An attempt te phtre Henry Ford's name on the ballot foe the Michigan presidential primary failed here. A petition containing 108 signatures was rejected by. the secretary of state.. , .• , m > " "" Big Trade Balance. .Washington.--The balance of inter national trade favorable to the United States during the month of November was $112,000,000, according to preliminary figures Issued by the Department «f Commerce. New York.--The schism In the Episcopal church over the doctrine of tin virgin birth of Christ and the physical resurrection has spread so rapidly* that It now amounts to virtual warfare between the "modernist" rectors and the bishops. Following Dr. Lelghton Pafks" sensational defiance of Bishop Manning and open invitation to try him for; heresy, there came a virtual roundup of forces arrayed against the bishop. • The Modern Churchmen's union, representing more than 500 clergy max,* ittsued a statement through Its vio»: president, Dr. Stuart. L. Tyson, not only backing up Rector Jfarks but' calling upon the bishop for a "sbow*« down" battle. ^si- Doctor Tyson announced the m<f$» ernist rectors will stand behind any clergyman brought to trial for refusing to subscribe to the bishops' belief in the virgin birth. Specifically they. will defend Rev. Lee W. Heaton of Fort Worth, Tex., accused of heresy^'* if the charges against Rev. Mr. Heaten are pressed. ' Meantime Bishop Manning remained4' silent, and declined to give any intimation of whether he will accept the challenge of Doctor Parks, the veteran rector of St. Bartholomew's, and bring him to trial. Friends of the bishop insisted that lie was greatly, perturbed by the outspoken defiance^ of Rector Parks and .that the issue could not be Ignored. Others predicted Bishop Manning will avoid bring-, lng Parks to trial to avert what iniglilt-., nntVA O Mptmi. •>nJ!. 1M." *-"T . •i prove a serious split in" the church. Former Kaiser Wins Libel : f i Case; $75 Fine for Editpl i Dortmund.--A verdict has been rtn- ' '"®H dered in favor of the former German * Emperor William in a libel suit instituted against the editor In chitf of the General Anzelger, Herr von der Heydt, for having published a story* different versions of which appeared abroad long ago, that the kaiser In 1895 caused the suicide of Lieut, von Hahnke, a, young officer attached to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. JL fine of 300 cold marks ($7o) wag jp pose$, • Illinois Brewers Are Fined * $5,000 for Sale of Bear < Chicago.--John Torrio, president of the Puro Products company, West Hammond, 111., reputed owner of several breweries and leader of a beer war faction, appeared before Federal Judge Wilkerson and pleaded guilty to possessnlg, transporting, and selling. real beer. He was fined $2,OMX The company was fined $2,900 W. Roy Strook, secretary, $1,000. fX' U. S. Ship Circles Globe in 117 Days, a Record Galveston, Tex.--Circumnavigation of the globe in three months and twenty- five days, believed to be a record for a ship of her class, was reported here by the master of the shipping board cargo steamer Steel Mariner. She left for the Panama Canal oo August 23 and arrived from Calcutta via Suez on December 16. Income Tax in Illinois t % Swelled by $33,000,000 Chicago.--Income tax payers in Illinois have paid the government $33,- 000,000 more in 1923 than in 1922, according to figures made public by Mabel G. Relneeke, collector of internal revenue. Mail remittances are expected tc swell this amount by $5,000,000. Income tax collections during 1MB totaled 199,000,000. Chicago Man Buys $500,000 of Booze for Just $8,000 , Hammond, Ind.--Half a'million dol- - lars' worth of whisky in the Ham- \ tnond Distillery warehouse was sold > at auction here to Louis Davis of Chi- * cago for $8,000. In the lot were T80 barrels, 109 of which, it is reported* is were made in 1910. Davis never saw : the whisky he bought. .. ...wh* % -- .CV * Canada Sends Note to k U. S. on Chicago Ottawa, Ont.--The Canadian government dispatched a formal protest to Washington with regard to the Chi-, cago Drainage canal and the effect it has upon the Canadian waterways. In the protest the Canadian government has summarized all the objections from a Canadian standpoint. U. 8. Approves Train Control Washington.--Automatic train control devices as installed on the Rock Island railroad between Blue Island and Rock Island, 165 miles, were approved by the interstate commerce commission. , New Mobilizing Plan* * Washington. -- Basic phirit- «f 'the War departmeut for mobilizing under the new three-ln-one army scheme have been completed and distributed: to the regular, National Guard and reserve officers. Kellogg Pays Big Rent. London. -- Ambassador Kellogg will make his home in Lady Waterlow's house at 29 Chesham place. The annual rental is $104)20. or more thah half the amount of tlte ambalsadarfR salary. McAdoo Announces Candidacy. Los Angeles. Cal. -- William Gibta J McAdoo announced his candidacy for f the Democratic presidential nomlna- -j tion on the South Dakota platform In * a telegram W. W. 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